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Lukas Kendall
Aug 20, 20241 min read
Acolyte Canceled
I read yesterday that The Acolyte , the newest Star Wars show, will not be coming back for a second season. This makes it a pretty...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 19, 20241 min read
Dungeons and Dragons 1983
Such a great time to be a fan of the great English composer Johnny Douglas! After releasing digital albums of Spider-Man and His Amazing...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 17, 20241 min read
The Poltergeist House
The iconic house from Poltergeist (in Simi Valley) is on the market for a little under $1.2M. Here’s the Zillow listing , and the...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 11, 20241 min read
Olympics
I’m sad to see the Paris Olympics end because I really enjoyed watching them this time around. There were four channels on DirecTV to...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 10, 20241 min read
Stranger Star Wars Things
The new Star Wars show, Skeleton Crew , is Stranger Things in space. But it looks like something that will work! I also saw a YouTube...
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Lukas Kendall
Aug 8, 20241 min read
Cinemtography Videos
I know a ton about film music, it’s fair to say. But boy am I a neophyte when it comes to cinematography. So I am enjoying getting an...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 31, 20241 min read
ST LV This Weekend
Attention all Trekkies: I will be at the Las Vegas “58 Year Mission” (what Creation calls their annual Trek con now) on Friday and...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 9, 20241 min read
Hollywood Bowl Concert
I’m sure most die-hard fans know this, but this weekend is the big John Williams summer concert at the Hollywood Bowl. David Newman is...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 7, 20241 min read
Walking Distance
The H&I network which usually give me my nightly Star Trek fix is doing a Twilight Zone marathon over the Fourth of July. Last night I...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 6, 20241 min read
The Reel Life Perspective Show
Kyle Newman and I were guests on The Reel Life Perspective Show last night, where we discussed Pop Culture Coffee along with other fun...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 5, 20241 min read
Clint Eastwood Sings Lalo Schifrin
A friend, who shall remain nameless, just let me know about a 45rpm single that Clint Eastwood recorded of “Burning Bridges” from Lalo...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 4, 20241 min read
The Gathering by John Barry
Happy Fourth, everybody! But I stumbled across a Christmas movie, or more specifically a TV movie: The Gathering (1977), with music by...
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Lukas Kendall
Jul 1, 20241 min read
The Acolyte
This is not a TV review. I guess this is a review of all the fuss. The fuss is nuts. I’m referring, if you don’t know, to the newest Star...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 30, 20241 min read
Jiminy Glick on Bill Maher
I’ve been a fan of Martin Short since the 1984 season of Saturday Night Live, which as a ten year-old I would “time tape” with our new...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 29, 20241 min read
Runaway Lockons
Update! Our CD sale is live and going strong, check out the listings at www.fsmcds.com Many thanks to composer Harrison Ingemarson for...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 23, 20241 min read
Siskel and Ebert
I stumbled upon a 1986 clip of Siskel and Ebert on The Tonight Show, where they dump on Three Amigos with Chevy Chase sitting right...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 22, 20241 min read
More on Ned Comstock
Above photo by Marilee Bradford I paid tribute to the late Ned Comstock, beloved librarian at USC, earlier this year—as did many people....
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Vineyard Events
A couple of upcoming events for my friends on Martha’s Vineyard: My friend Barry Rosenthal made a lovely hour-long documentary, The...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 10, 20241 min read
Storytelling
There is so much handwringing nowadays about how movies are bombing, the business is contracting (true) and theatrical exhibition is...
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Lukas Kendall
Jun 6, 20241 min read
TV Movies
Years ago I was talking with an industry friend who explained why TV movies are no good. The reason? They don’t have to be. Sure, in the...
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